Phở Kim

Phở Kim
The restaurant's exterior, 2022
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Restaurant information
Established2013 (2013)
Owner(s)Kim Lam
ChefTony Tien
Food typeVietnamese
Street address2204 Southeast 82nd Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97216
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°30′25″N 122°34′42″W / 45.5070°N 122.5784°W / 45.5070; -122.5784
Websitephokimpdx.com

Phở Kim is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in 2013, the family-owned restaurant is located on 82nd Avenue in the southeast Portland part of the Montavilla neighborhood.

Description

The restaurant's interior in 2022

Phở Kim is a Vietnamese restaurant specializing in pho, located on 82nd Avenue in the southeast Portland part of the Montavilla neighborhood. The restaurant has house-made noodles.[1]

History

The family-owned restaurant opened in 2013. Owner Kim Lam manages operations[2] and her husband Tony Tien serves as chef.[3][4][5]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Phở Kim closed temporarily and implemented seating restrictions to comply with social distancing guidelines. The restaurant caught fire in 2020,[6] forcing a temporary close for repairs and installation of a new roof. A grand reopening ceremony was held in March 2022.[2]

Reception

Samantha Bakall and Michael Russell of The Oregonian gave Phở Kim honorable mention in a 2017 list of "Portland's 5 best bowls of pho", writing:

When people talk about 82nd Avenue's best everyday bowls of pho, Pho Oregon and Pho Hung 82 come up a lot more often than Pho Kim. That should probably change. This large restaurant, a former Carrows, serves a tasty, relatively inexpensive bowl of pho. Better yet, if you're craving Vietnamese food later in the day, Pho Kim has a full menu beyond soup, and stays open until at least 10 p.m.[7][8]

They also said of the noodles and ambiance: "Probably the weakest point of the bowl, the noodles weren't bad, just a little clumpy at first, but came apart a bit as the bowl cooled... The redecorated Carrows/Maine Street Restaurant/Saigon Pearl space greets you with several columns of cardboard boxes, but is otherwise pleasant."[7][8] In Eater Portland's 2020 overview of "Where to Find Steamy Bowls of Pho in Portland", Krista Garcia wrote:

Pho Kim might look like any other 82nd Avenue Vietnamese restaurant, but the pho is out-of-the-ordinary. The soup is distinguished by the use house-made rice noodles, a rarity in the U.S. The menu doesn't make mention of this special addition, but ask for 'big noodles,' and if available, the pho will come with wider-than-usual fresh rice noodles instead of the typical dried version.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-01-05). "A Vietnamese Restaurant Serving House-Made Noodles Is Coming to North Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  2. ^ a b "Pho Kim Reopens Sunday After Long Closure". Montavilla News. 2022-03-04. Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ^ Damewood, Andrea (September 11, 2019). "Feast Returns: Events Your Stomach Won't Want to Miss!". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  4. ^ "Feast Portland 2019: Notes from a First-Timer". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  5. ^ Frane, Alex (2019-09-03). "The Feast Portland 2019 Tickets Still Up For Grabs". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  6. ^ "Pho Kim's 2021 Reopening". Montavilla News. 2020-12-31. Archived from the original on 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  7. ^ a b Russell, Michael (2017-01-28). "Join the hunt for Portland's best bowl of pho". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  8. ^ a b Bakall, Samantha (2017-02-09). "Portland's 5 best bowls of pho". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  9. ^ Garcia, Krista (2020-02-07). "Where to Find Steamy Bowls of Pho in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
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